Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1887-11-04
FULEERSON'S LETTER.

ted to the House of Delegates, and,
on motion of Mr.. Cardwell, was
amended by substituting 10 o'clock.
m. Of the oath day of May for s
O'Clock, p. m. Of the BIRD, aud the
resolution reported back TO the
Senate and the amendment con-
cured in.
After the passage OF this Joint
resolution fixing IL O'Clock, m. OF
the 9th for adjournment sine die 1t
was officially announced from the
chair, by Speaker Stuart, that no
bill passed after that day, Monday,
could possibly be enrolled, and ex.
amined and signed by the Govern.
or, as the remaining time Of the
session would be fully occupied by
the clerks in enrolling the bills al
ready passed and in their hands;
then on motion of Mr.. Hay, the
House adjourned till IL o'clock, a.
m. of the 2ith, giving only one hour
for the transaction Of business on
the oath. The legislative session
having thus virtually ended on the
23d, all the members of the Senate
but seren, and all but fifteen mem.
bers Of the House lett for their
homes on the night of the ODD and
early morning of the 9th. The
Richmond Dispatch Of the 9th.
printed the night before, contained
this announcement:
TEGIsLATURE GoNE.-Qnito a unani-
nous exodus of members from the city.
As matter Of fact the legislative session
is mt an end, three fourths Of the members
having gone home, but the two houses
will hold a so-called session to-day, and
in the mean time the Governor will have
opportunity to sign all the bills passed"
The State which had a reporter
in the House, in it's issue Of the
oath, published in the evening af-
ter the legislature had adjourned
sine die, made the following state
ment:
"The Senate and House of Delegates
met at IL o'clock this morning. The two
houses had a comparatively deserted look.
In the Senate the only members present
were Hcaton, Stubs, Staples Lovcnstein.
Ellison, Blackstone and Gordon. Those
present in the House were delegates Car
ter, Dunlop, Starke and Patton Of Rich
mond. Cardwell. Hogue, Peters, Fentress,
Hay, Taliaferro, Ryan, Chalmers, Porter,
Echols, and Speaker Stuart The chars
were vacated till quarter to - o'clock
TO allow the clerks to enroll some bills to
be presented to the Governor for his APP
prevail before a final adjournment"
During tins recess of three.
fOurths of an hour, Il. a. Ayers in
formed Mr.. Speaker Stuart that he
had received a telegram from j. VI.
Baily, general manager of the S.
A. and o. Il. r.. Co.. 10 the effect
that a senator, then at home, had
telegraphed him Speaker Stuart
to take up out Of It's order Senate
bill 373 and have it passed by the
House. About the same time
Speaker Stuart received the Sena.
tors telegram requesting him to
take up Senate bill No. 373 and
have it passed without fail. The
House had adjourned the day be.
fore till 10 o'clock the 2l'h-giving
only one hour for the session that
day, and the House had met at II
o'clock and taken recess for three.
fourths of that hour. Having moth
ing TO do and but few members, 36
less than a quorum being present,
Mr.. Speaker was in qnandary to
know how TO accommodate his
friends-hOw to pass their bill with
fifteen members and have 1t enroll
ed, copied on parchment, examined
and signed by the Governor in ID
minutes was a puzzle, but.
The House recOnvened at 1l:iJ
o'clock. a. m. when the doorkeeper,
Mr.. Charles Sullivan, was directed
to turn the hands of the clock back
one half hour, and thereupon Speak.
er Stuart took the floor, and moved
the other fourteen members pres
ent, 10 take mp out Of it's order Sen.
ate bill No. 373, "to legalize certain
subscriptions by the town Of Good
son TO the South Atlantic and Ohio
Railroad Company. The motion
was dgvcM to and the bill pdssed."
1t was now only five minutes to -
o'clock By the clock ofhc House. and
Senate bill No. 373 c0nld no. he
come a law till enrolled and signed
by the Governor, and to gain fur
thei time for this and another pur.
pose, the hands OF the clock were
again turned back-this time by
w. ID. York, a page-sO as to stand
at 1l:20, a. m. ThereupOn Speaker
Stuart, who was still on the floor,
offered the following resolution:
"Resolved, that the clerk of the
House be directed to issue his war.
rant on the auditor of public ac-
counts 20 the assistant clerk, the |
committee clerks, the enrolling
clerks, the sergeant at arms, and /
the doorkeepers for fifty dollars /
each, and to the pages and janitor /
tor twenty-five dollars each, extra
compensation for this extra SEES.
SION"
Mr.. Hay moved TO amend by
striking out "hfty dollars" and In
sertlng "twenty-fve dollars" which
motion was rejected, and the reSo.
luton rdS dgrced to.
The Governor signed Senate bill
}73 nearly an hO1r after the legal
existence OF the extra session of
he Legislature had terminated
After having been turned back 90
minutes the hands of the clock
again reached - m, and then the
Speaker declared the House adj
onrned sine die, Sic trdRsit dc.
The subscriptions by the town Of
ioOdson to the S. a. q o. Il. Il.
Co., which Senate bill No. 373 at
empted to legalize were for 800.
400 each, and were enjolned because
Illegal and void, by the circuit court
If Washington county before the
Extra session Of the Legislature was
.alled.
The resolution giving the clerks,
&c, $50 each and the pages and
anitor $25 each, "extra compensa-
ion for this extra session." was in
reduced in full house by Mr..
'ggatt a few DAYS before the end
# the session, and after some Wig.